A man is facing multiple charges after a deputy found him sleeping in a stolen truck with a Greenville County School District sign on the side of it, according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.

A release said a deputy on a routine patrol at Fall Creek Boat Landing noticed a truck parked across multiple parking spaces late Tuesday evening.

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The deputy checked the truck, and found a man, later identified as 23-year-old Joshua Paul Dockery of Travelers Rest, sleeping inside. The deputy said there was trash that had come out of the truck's doors and an open container of beer. The deputy said Dockery smelled of alcohol.

The deputy said he asked Dockery about the school district sign on the truck, and Dockery said that he worked for the district. Dockery told the deputy that he got the truck from a friend who let him "go mudding in it" and he said he planned to go four-wheeling.

Deputies said the vehicle was reported stolen by the Greenville County School District on Dec. 1.

The report said the truck was damaged, and one headlight was hanging off the truck.

Dockery was arrested and charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, public disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, an open container violation and littering.